Lectures on Film Festival Distribution

We hold lectures and master classes on film festival promotion. Share our experience, give advice and guide in putting up successful festival promotion.

We are ready to share our knowledge and experience with pleasure as we have been collecting it for 5 years. In universities one can’t get this information and moreover in such a complete form. That’s why we try to fill up this gap as possible. And according to our audience we understand that this is the topical issue for those who just begin his/ her filmmakers’ career.

We are ready to speak both in Russian and in English (all you need is to confirm the time and possibility). As a rule we read lectures for small audience, 30-100 person.

Lecture

During our lecture we show computer presentation and speak about the following issues:

How does the festival industry works in Russia and in the world;

What kinds of film festivals there exist;

How to make a successful plan to promote your film;

How to plan your budget for promoting;

What exactly to take notice of when choosing a festival;

What is a festival selection committee and what to do to deserve their attention;

How important is the patience and correct application.

90 minutes we speak then Q&A part.

How to contact us

If you decide to invite us aiming to put up a lecture at the film festival or film school, please contact Olga Bazhenova via email hello@festagent.com.

Tell a few words about your event, point exact date and expected amount of audience and whom would you like to invite (or who will present).

Technical requirements​

Not many we need: multimedia projector and HDMI adapter, so we can show presentation from the laptop. If the auditory is expected to hold more than 30 listeners, we’ll need a microphone.

Terms

We work individually with every location and event. As a rule the inviting party provide travel fees (if it’s not in Moscow), accommodation and accreditation for speakers.

We ask to place Festagent logo (download) on your website (working link for sure) and in printed materials about the event.